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Altera_Forum
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11 years agoThis fits the description that is given for using the BTS without loading one of the examples to the board.
The tabs will be greyed out for the sections that don't pertain to the example that you have loaded. For example only the XPF/SFP+ and the GXB SMA tabs will be available for the transceiver signal integrity demonstration (the quick start guide that came with the board has instructions for setting this up). From the User guide Ch. 6 "Board Test System": "While using the application, you reconfigure the FPGA several times with test designs specific to the functionality you are testing." and on the next page: "Several designs are provided to test the major board features. Each design provides data for one or more tabs in the application. The Configure menu identifies the appropriate design to download to the FPGA for each tab. After successful FPGA configuration, the appropriate tab appears and allows you to exercise the related board features. Highlights appear in the board picture around the corresponding components." Cheers. EDIT: I didn't notice the last part of your post. I haven't seen that error for the failed configuration. My only suggestion is to go through the instructions in the quick start guide step by step and see if you can get that to work. Sorry 'bout that, best of luck.